Curated Team Approach
A bespoke team, led with intention.
Complex divorce matters require more than a single perspective. Beth leads each matter as the case-managing partner and assembles the people each client’s assets, family dynamics, privacy concerns, and goals call for.
The team is not a substitute for Beth’s judgment. It is how that judgment is carried through the matter with clarity, coordination, and precision.
The team is part of the strategy.
In high-net-worth divorce, the right team structure shapes the client’s experience. It affects how information is gathered, how issues are evaluated, how questions are answered, and how clearly the matter moves forward.
Beth builds the team around the matter, not around a formula. Each client’s circumstances determine the level of attorney, paralegal, law clerk, assistant, and professional support the matter needs.
Philosophy
A complex matter needs both leadership and structure.
Beth’s team model keeps the client supported without making the process feel crowded or impersonal. She begins with the client’s goals and what the case will require, then identifies the right people to help carry out the strategy.
That may include a lead attorney or partner, working attorneys, paralegals, law clerks, legal assistants, and outside professionals when appropriate. The point is not to add layers. The point is to create the right structure for the work.
“The team is not an afterthought.It is part of how the strategy is carried out.”
How the Team Is Organized
Built around the client and the matter.
Beth’s team framework places the client at the center and Beth as the case-managing partner. From there, the team is organized to support the matter with the right level of legal, administrative, and case-management assistance.
The Client
The client’s goals, concerns, and priorities guide the work.
Beth McCormack, Case-Managing Partner
Beth leads strategy, judgment, and overall direction.
Lead Attorney or Partner
Senior-level support where the matter calls for additional partner involvement.
Working Attorney or Associate
Working attorneys help advance legal strategy, drafting, preparation, issue management, and case development.
Paralegal and Law Clerk Support
Organization, documentation, research, drafting, case materials, and matter logistics.
Assistant Support
Communication, coordination, and day-to-day organization.
The Team
The people behind the strategy.
Every matter is staffed with intention. The attorneys and professionals below work alongside Beth, and each client’s team is selected for the specific needs of the matter.
Case-Managing Partner
case-managing partner
Beth McCormack
equity partner, Beermann LLP
Beth sets the strategy and brings in the attorneys and professionals each issue calls for, whether that means business valuation, trust analysis, or parenting support.
Partners
Lesley Dable
partner
Lesley Dable has been licensed in Illinois since 1995 and focuses exclusively on family law, including complex financial issues, business valuations, the protection of non-marital assets, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She is a Certified Financial Litigator, is trained in collaborative law, and makes sure clients feel heard at every stage.
Colleen Breems
partner
Colleen Breems has focused on family law since 2014, handling divorce, parenting, support, and property division. Cook County judges frequently appoint her as a Child’s Representative or Guardian ad Litem, and she is a trained mediator and parenting coordinator who chaired the Chicago Bar Association’s Domestic Relations Committee.
Madison Boland
partner
Madison Boland handles high-net-worth and complex marital estates, including business valuations, asset tracing, trusts, closely held businesses, and sophisticated compensation structures. She brings extensive trial experience and Collaborative Law accreditation, and she resolves matters through negotiation, mediation, collaboration, or litigation.
Karen Paige
partner
Karen Paige brings more than 20 years of litigation and mediation experience, including more than a decade in Los Angeles, and is licensed in Illinois and California. She has represented professionals in entertainment, medicine, law, and private equity, and she is the 2025 to 2026 President of the Illinois Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Candace Meyers
partner
Licensed in Illinois since 2004, Candace Meyers brings particular depth to complex parenting disputes and extensive asset tracing. A former mediator with the Lake County Family Mediation Program and trained in collaborative law, she is equally at home at the negotiating table and in the courtroom.
Nancy Herrera
partner
Nancy Herrera concentrates on divorce and family law, including financial analysis, the division of marital and non-marital assets, parenting matters, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She is a Certified Financial Litigator, has completed collaborative law training, and is fluent in Spanish.
Of Counsel
Victoria Paton
of counsel
Victoria Paton is licensed in both Illinois and Ontario, Canada, and earned law degrees on both sides of the border. Her background has included minor guardianship and assisted reproductive technology matters, and she makes a point of explaining Illinois family law in clear, practical terms.
Associates
Justin Smith
associate
Justin Smith focuses exclusively on family law, including divorce, parentage, support, and adoption matters. Before his admission to the Illinois Bar in 2025, he clerked at Beermann for more than a year, earned DePaul’s Certificate in Family Law, and represented clients in divorce and parentage matters through Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.
Claire Cunningham
associate
Claire Cunningham focuses on divorce and family law, including parenting time, child support, property division, and matters involving domestic violence. A graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, she offers empathetic, realistic guidance toward outcomes that fit each family’s circumstances.
Nicole Edidin
associate
Nicole Edidin handles prenuptial agreements, support, parenting time, property division, and post-decree issues. She clerked at Beermann throughout law school, holds a Certificate in Family Law from DePaul, and externed for a judge in the court’s Domestic Relations division.
Law Clerks
Law clerks are law students or recent law school graduates who work under Beth’s supervision. They research the laws and past court decisions that apply to your situation, and they often draft memos, motions, and other documents for Beth to review and finalize. Most of their work happens behind the scenes, but it means that when Beth gives you advice, the research behind it has already been done carefully.
Christina Jack
Law Clerk
Mary Elizabeth Raasch
Law Clerk
Paralegals
A divorce that involves a business, real estate, and investments comes with a lot of paperwork. Beth’s paralegals collect and organize your financial records, prepare the documents your case needs, and keep track of every deadline. They will reach out when Beth needs something from you and explain why it matters.
Katie Grutsch
Paralegal
Jeff Schwenke
Paralegal
Ben Payne
Paralegal
Legal Assistants and Intake
Beth’s legal assistants schedule your meetings, coordinate with the other professionals on your case, and make sure documents get to you on time. As a client, you will usually talk to them to confirm a meeting, sign something, or leave a message for Beth. If you are unsure who to call, start with them.
Erin Feldman
Personal Assistant and Intake
Supports Beth McCormack
When you call to meet with Beth, Erin is most likely the first person you will talk to. Many people call before they have decided anything, and that is fine. Erin will ask a few questions so Beth is prepared for your first meeting, then find a time that works for you. Every conversation is handled with complete discretion. Erin also manages Beth’s schedule outside the office.
Izabella Borowska
Legal Assistant
Supports Beth McCormack, Madison Boland, and Lesley Dable
Kali Rodriguez
Legal Assistant
Supports Colleen Breems and Victoria Paton
Beermann LLP
The depth of a firm devoted to family law.
Beth is an Equity Partner at Beermann LLP, a Chicago firm devoted to divorce and family law since 1958, with offices in Chicago and Bannockburn. Her clients have one case leader, with the full bench of a family-law firm behind her.
Client Experience
Clarity at every level of the matter.
A sophisticated team should make the process feel clearer, not more complicated. Beth’s approach helps clients understand who is involved, why they are involved, and how each person supports the overall strategy.
Beth and her team stay in ongoing dialogue with each client to keep the work coordinated and aligned with the client’s goals throughout the matter.
High-Net-Worth Relevance
Built for matters with multiple moving parts.
High-net-worth divorce often involves intersecting issues: business ownership, trusts, compensation structures, real estate, privacy, children, reputation, and family dynamics. These matters require both strategic leadership and disciplined execution.
Beth’s curated team model allows each matter to be supported by the right people at the right time, while keeping the strategy focused and composed.
Begin with the right structure.
If your matter requires discretion, careful management of complexity, and a thoughtfully assembled legal team, Beth’s office can explain how a team would be structured for you.
Contacting Beth’s office does not create an attorney-client relationship. Representation is subject to conflicts checks and formal engagement procedures.